health equity
Just wellness access
Health equity is the principle that everyone should have a fair opportunity to achieve their full health potential, regardless of social position or circumstances.
It focuses on eliminating disparities in health outcomes linked to race, income, geography, or other disadvantages: The clinic's outreach program advances health equity in underserved communities.
Distinct from equality (giving everyone the same resources), equity means allocating resources according to need.
- healthcare accessAbility to obtain treatment
- equal accessUniform right to participate
- income inequalityDisparity in earnings distribution
- food securityGuaranteed adequate nutrition access
- universal healthcareGuaranteed medical access nationwide
social safety net · environmental justice · transportation access · neighborhood safety · epidemiology · redlining · anti-discrimination laws · lived experience · grassroots organizing · closing the gap · vaccination · telemedicine · educational attainment · outcomes · marginalized · policy · determinants · fairness
- global healthdisease, pandemic, medications, pandemics, epidemic
- health servicespatient care, pediatric care, home care, pediatrics, nursing care
- nursingnurse, nursing, nurses, RN, LPN
- Health Activismhealthcare access, patient rights, advocacy group, grassroots campaigns, grassroots campaign
- health disparitieshealthcare disparities, ethnic disparities, healthcare access, access to care, coverage gaps
- health policyhealthcare policy, Affordable Care Act, healthcare reform, Medicare, healthcare law
health equityhealth disparity
Unequal health outcomes between groups
health inequality · health disparities · healthcare inequality · health gap
health equitymedical discrimination
Unfair treatment in medicine
unequal treatment · medical neglect · healthcare rationing · environmental racism